# Random Star Trek Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** star-trek-paramount\ **Created:** [September 10, 2014, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112 "2014-09-10T20:43:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 386
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7704 "2026-05-02T03:37:08Z")
I need to borrow a cup of goo. I’ll give it back! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7705 "2026-05-02T19:42:08Z")
You seem to be at home on the ground. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7706 "2026-05-02T19:46:54Z")
Thank you, although I’m not sure the gulls would agree. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2026, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7707 "2026-05-02T20:49:26Z")
Amazing. Incredible. Unbelieveable. 7703 posts in, and no “Jim! He’s dead.” ? (checked search) (a cousin once made a mix tape editing together about 15 “JHD” quotes. Pretty cool) 🤪 ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7708 "2026-05-03T00:32:13Z")
Out of play: That’s because the quote is actually, “He’s dead, Jim”, and that’s been used several times. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7709 "2026-05-03T00:33:16Z")
“Feel like coming along?” “Well, if you’re giving me a _choice_, I -” “I’m not.” ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7710 "2026-05-03T00:36:21Z")
Ah, thanks. Would’ve been nice if I’d entered the quote in search correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7711 "2026-05-03T03:35:28Z")
The next time I’ll do the lecture with hand puppets, just for you. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7712 "2026-05-03T11:49:04Z")
Don’t you think I know that? There was, but not anymore! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7713 "2026-05-03T11:57:06Z")
I made one of the most important scientific discoveries of our time. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2026, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7714 "2026-05-03T11:59:43Z")
Yeah, that’s starting to come back to me: there was no proof included. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7715 "2026-05-04T14:17:45Z")
Look down every now and then. There’s beauty there as well. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7716 "2026-05-04T16:34:39Z")
Well, I’m no writer, but if I were, I’d think about peeking up from it once on awhile, and taking a look around. It’s life, Jake. You can miss it if you don’t open your eyes. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7717 "2026-05-04T16:41:59Z")
Number One, have you never dreamed of climbing inside the bottle? ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7718 "2026-05-06T16:51:44Z")
Right now, I’m not concerned with what you’ve done in the past. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2026, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7719 "2026-05-06T17:41:32Z")
But you will still be here! In this place! Forever! Alone! Immortal! ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2026, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7720 "2026-05-07T13:32:10Z")
Now send me back to my ship. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7721 "2026-05-09T05:10:47Z")
Shipshape and Bristol fashion. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2026, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7722 "2026-05-09T13:57:57Z")
“Taco Tuesday. Now, before you ask, a taco is a bundle of savory protein folded into a carbohydrate sleeve. Originally from Earth’s Mexico region.” “I see. What’s a Tuesday?” (Of course, a Tuesday is when everything is supposed to be installed, according to Star Trek: Generations…) ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2026, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/random-star-trek-quotes/698112/7723 "2026-05-10T04:05:52Z")
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